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Ten years ago, black Lab mix Abby ran away from home. Now, she has been reunited with her owner Debra Suierveld, who tells NPR's Scott Simon that Abby has fit right back in with the family.

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10 Years After She Went Missing, A Black Lab Is Returned To Her Owners

4:00pm February 10, 2018

by Scott Simon

Ten years ago, black Lab mix Abby ran away from home. Now, she has been reunited with her owner Debra Suierveld, who tells NPR's Scott Simon that Abby has fit right back in with the family.

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While Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has in some ways made little progress on her signature issue — school choice — she spent much of her 12 months in office undoing work that she and many conservatives viewed as overreach by the Obama administration

DeVos At The One-Year Mark; Black Lives Matter In Schools; Zero Tolerance

3:44pm February 10, 2018

by Clare Lombardo

The education secretary has had success in rolling back Obama-era regulations, but she has made less progress on school choice. That, and other education news in our weekly roundup.

Police investigate a car stopped in front of a security gate this week outside City Hall in New York. Douglas Schifter, a longtime New York City livery driver, took his life in front of City Hall.

Driver's Suicide Highlights 'Race To The Bottom' In Cab Industry, Union Director Says

2:52pm February 10, 2018

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, about a driver's suicide and the financial challenges drivers face in a changing economy.

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Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House intelligence committee, arrives to speak with the media after a closed-door meeting of the committee on Capitol Hill this week.

The Russia Investigations: Democrats Try To Counterattack But Lose A Key Weapon

12:58pm February 10, 2018

by Philip Ewing

Democrats go out on a limb getting behind the author of an unverified dossier, but the president isn't ready — yet — to release their countermemo, a week after a GOP memo was made public.

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Atlanta Vs. Georgia

8:02am February 10, 2018

by Johnny Kauffman

Atlanta's bid to win Amazon's new headquarters is revealing a political divide between the city and the state's rural areas.

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Katie Roiphe On 'The Other Whisper Network'

8:02am February 10, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Katie Roiphe about her essay on the #MeToo movement in this month's Harper's Magazine. It's called "The Other Whisper Network."

Pennsylvania Proposes New Districts

8:02am February 10, 2018

by Emily Previti

Pennsylvania Republicans have unveiled a new map for congressional districts after a court order.

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A School Goes From Andrew Jackson To Mary Jackson

8:02am February 10, 2018

by Scott Simon

Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City will keep its name, but change its namesake. It will no longer be named for President Andrew Jackson, but Mary Jackson, NASA's first black female engineer.

Why Trump Blocked The Democrats' Memo

8:02am February 10, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The White House has blocked, for now, the release of a Democratic memo that accuses Republicans of cherry picking intelligence to criticize the FBI and protect the President.

Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier On The Democrats' Memo

8:02am February 10, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rep. Jackie Speier of California, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, about a classified Democratic memo on FBI surveillance.